Throughout 2004/2005 the Centre for Cultural Policy Research is holding a series of seminars to explore and debate current cultural policy issues in Scotland - cultural rights; creativity and the artist; and, cultural governance. This second seminar will explore and debate: Creativity and the Artist. Context: The Scottish Executive has argued that ‘the creativity of Scots – from the classroom to the board room – is the edge we need in a competitive world’ – going on to charge the cultural sector to be ‘the national dynamo of the creative impulse that can serve [arts, sciences, commerce or industry]’. Is this the role that artists want and is it the role they are best equipped for? Are artists being deployed to act as social workers or educators by any other name? This seminar will debate the contemporary role of the artist and explore the value society places on artists and other workers in the creative industries, within the context of current Government expectations and policy. Contributors to the debate will include Alexia Holt (Director, Cove Park), Stewart Laing (Director and Designer), and Seona Reid (Director, Glasgow School of Art). Venue: Gilmorehill Centre, University of Glasgow Time: 10am to 1pm (Registration begins at 9.30am) Cost: FREE of charge, however places are limited. For more details (including online registration), CLICK HERE, or contact Nicola Sneddon (Phone: 0141 330 3806).